Origin of advice

1250–1300; late Middle English advise; replacing Middle English avis (with ad-ad- for a-a-5) < Old French a vis (taken from the phrase ce m'est a vis that is my impression, it seems to me) < Latin ad (see ad-) + vīsus (see visage)

SYNONYMS FOR advice

synonym study for advice

1. Advice,counsel,recommendation,suggestion,persuasion,exhortation refer to opinions urged with more or less force as worthy bases for thought, opinion, conduct, or action. Advice is a practical recommendation as to action or conduct: advice about purchasing land.Counsel is weighty and serious advice, given after careful deliberation: counsel about one's career.Recommendation is weaker than advice and suggests an opinion that may or may not be acted upon: Do you think he'll follow my recommendation?Suggestion implies something more tentative than a recommendation: He did not expect his suggestion to be taken seriously.Persuasion suggests a stronger form of advice, urged at some length with appeals to reason, emotion, self-interest, or ideals: His persuasion changed their minds.Exhortation suggests an intensified persuasion or admonition, often in the form of a discourse or address: an impassioned exhortation.